Let Go

Having heard the very sad news that Mr Bob Mackie has sewn on his last sequin and departed for Fabulon - see my tribute over at the Dolores Delargo Museum of Camp - I just knew I would have to post at least one of the gazillion outrageously OTT outfits for which he was famous in action this Tacky Music Monday...

...so how about one of my absolute favourites?

Mitzi Gaynor - Let Go!

Miss Mitzi Gaynor - whose 95th birthday it would have been on 4th September - never had a better frock to shimmy in!

RIP, Mr Mackie.

Have a good week, dear reader.

Glamour has to come from you

Dame Mary Berry is 90 today! *

Oh, how these weekends taunt us! The weather was glorious towards the end of last week, then descended to grey and murky all weekend. Now - as I head off for another sublimely fulfilling (ahem!) week in work - the forecast is for another upturn in temperatures. Sigh.

Hey, ho. Speaking of birthdays...

... today is also the 85th of that OTT creative genius Mr Bob Mackie, designer of choice for decades of ladies beloved of men-who-are-light-in-their-loafers including Mitzi Gaynor, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Carol Burnett, Ann-Margret, and of course Cher!

"Glamour has to come from you and it has to come from confidence."

So what better way to kick off the week (in sparkling fashion as is our wont) on this Tacky Music Monday, than with Cher, Bette and Dame Elton John (and Flip Wilson), together, dressed in the most outrageous of Mr Mackie's creations?!

Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler, Flip Wilson - Cher Show final medley: Mockingbird, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Never Can Say Goodbye and Proud Mary

And here is a musical compendium of some of his famous costumes:

Bob Mackie highlights

Robert Gordon "Bob" Mackie (born 24th March 1940)

[* and no, I don't think Dame Mary's ever worn a Bob Mackie creation!]

Mack the... Scissors?

Today is the 74th birthday of that OTT creative genius Mr Bob Mackie, designer of choice for decades of ladies beloved of men-who-are-light-in-their-loafers including Mitzi Gaynor, Miss Ross, Bette Midler, Carol Burnett, Ann-Margret, and of course Cher! [Although, it seems, no longer - as he has turned down the costumier duties for her latest "farewell tour".]

So what better way to kick off the week (in sparkling fashion as is our wont) on this Tacky Music Monday, than with Cher, Bette and Dame Elton John (and Flip Wilson, whoever he is) together, dressed in the most outrageous of Mr Mackie's creations?

Elton John, Cher, Bette Midler, Flip Wilson - Cher Show final medley: Mockingbird, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Never Can Say Goodbye and Proud Mary

And here is a musical compendium of some of his famous costumes:

Bob Mackie highlights

Robert Gordon "Bob" Mackie (born 24th March 1940)